Augustus Clark

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=February 2016}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| country = England

| international =

| fullname = Augustus Gilbert Finnis Clark

| nickname =

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|7|31|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dover, Kent, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1928|5|7|1862|7|31|df=yes}}

| death_place = Hastings, Sussex, England

| heightft =

| heightinch =

| heightm =

| batting = Left-handed

| bowling = Left-arm medium

| role =

| family =

| club1 = Sussex

| year1 = 1886

| clubnumber1 =

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 1

| bat avg1 = 0.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 1

| deliveries1 = 36

| wickets1 = –

| bowl avg1 = –

| fivefor1 = –

| tenfor1 = –

| best bowling1 = –

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 16 December

| year = 2011

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11139.html Cricinfo

}}

Augustus Gilbert Finnis Clark (31 July 1862 – 7 May 1928) was an English cricketer. Clark was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born at Dover, Kent.

Clark made a single first-class appearance for Sussex against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1886.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28546/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Augustus Clark|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 December 2011}} Clark batted at number ten in Sussex's first-innings and was dismissed for a single run by Jimmy Wootton. In their second-innings he batted at number four and was dismissed by the same bowler for a duck, with Sussex winning the match by 59 runs.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3051.html|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Kent, 1886|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=16 December 2011}} This was his only major appearance for Sussex.

He died at Hastings, Sussex on 7 May 1928, gassing himself in his house.{{cite news |title=Former Cricketer Found Dead |url=https://newspapers.com/article/leicester-mercury/133971413/ |access-date=24 October 2023 |work=Leicester Mercury |date=7 May 1928 |pages=7}}